Microsoft and Feds take down the largest Botnet in the World
Just Tweeted: Largest Spam Network Shut Down by Microsoft and Feds! https://tinyurl.com/SpamBlowStruck
Now for the rest of the story from the Official Microsoft Blog:
Just over a year ago, we announced that the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), in cooperation with industry and academic experts, had successfully taken down the botnet Waledac in an operation known as “Operation b49”. Today, I’m happy to announce that based on the knowledge gained in that effort, we have successfully taken down a larger, more notorious and complex botnet known as Rustock. This botnet is estimated to have approximately a million infected computers operating under its control and has been known to be capable of sending billions of spam mails every day, including fake Microsoft lottery scams and offers for fake – and potentially dangerous – prescription drugs.